Elevating footstool



ELEVATING EOoTsTooL Filed Dec. 29, 1926 F. H. SCHLODTMANN June 19, 1928.

Patented .l une 19, ,1928.

A Unirse YerstesA star-erre f ser ELEVATING so'orsfioon.

y Application flied December se, 192e.v semina. 157,6ea

ri`he present invention broadly relates to improvement in foot-stools and more particularly in foot-stools which are adapted to assume either an elevated or a lowered position. o y

Amon g thc principal objects which the invention has in view are: To provide novel means for raising and lowering the foots'tool, to provide, in connection with the foot-stool, a foot rest which is adapted to be exposed in service position rwhen the footstool is elevated andconce'aledv when the foot-stool is lowered; to provide a 'novel construction of footrest, so designed that it may turn to various positions to accommodate the foot of the user; and .generally to provide improvements in foot-stools with a View to simplifying and cheapening the construction and rendering the same eliicient andreliable in service. v L

With theseand other objects'in View, the

invention further resides in the details ofk way in which the footrest is concealed; andA liigure et is a fragmental sectional view in elevation of the footrest.` preferably em- .ployed Referring now to the drawings in which like reference numerals denote like parts throughout the various views, the invention is'embodied in a foot-stool, preferably constructed of wood, and which comprises a stationary portion and a. portion which is adapted to be elevated with respect thereto.

The stationary portion consists of two frames, 1() and 11, preferably rectangular in shape and composed of narrow boards rigidly fastened together in any suitable manner. The frames are disposed in parallel, vertical alignment and are securely maintained in position by brace members such as relatively wide boards, 12 and 13, arranged vertically on opposite sidesof the foot-stool and vertical corner boards, 111 and 15. All of these boards are fastened tor the fra1nes,10 and 11 and with the frai'nes form the skele-I ton of the, foot-stool. The ends of the boards comprising the bottom frame, 1l, overlap the edges tol augment the stability of the structure and may be Vfinished of in sline fancy manner like that. shown best in lligure 1, to render the foot-stool more pleasing in appearance. z A rather wide board, 16, forms a part of the top of the foot-stool and is attached to the top ofthe frame, 10, and covers approximately. one-half ',thearea` thereof. i A' numberof vthin piecesl of wood, l17, extend across the bottom of the frame,

11, forming in effect a shelf .onl which articles suchk as a bootblac vs yimplements of trade may be laidy and carried with the foot stool. l

rllie elevating includes two vertical oppositely disposed boards, 18 and 19, to which is attached a horizontal board, 20, forming the other part ofthe top of the foot-stool. The vertical boards Vare adapted for vsliding vertical movement between the vertical members, 12 and 14, andr13 and 15, and areguided between the frame, 1Q, and transverse menibers, 21 and 22, which are securedto the frame, 10. To the bottoni of each vertical-ly movable board are` hinged folding members,

223 and shown as boards, of the sameA width `as the boards, 1S` and 19. When the foot-stool is lowered they arefoldedvert'ically on the boards, 18and19, as best seen in ldigure-l, and, when the foot-stool is eleportifm of l the'. i foot-stool vated, they are swung downward to form a continuation ofthe boards, 18 and.19,fas shown in Figure 1, and to holdthe latter in elevated position. Means in the form of thumb-catches, 25,' pivoted to the brace mem.y bers, 12 and 13, serve to maintain the fold-- ing boards in position whenA the foot-stool is elevated and prevent them from swinging on their hinges to causethe collapse of the foot-stool. 1n` order to further insure against thecollapse of ther foot-'stool, the transverse members,`21 and 22, may be pro-A vided with perforations, 26 and 27, which, when the foot-stool is in itselevated position, align with'perforations QSand 29, in

the boards, 18 and 19. Pins, 30, are adapted to be inserted in the aligning perforations to hold the boards, 18 and 19,` securelyin position. 1n order to'prevent the pins from becoming lost or mislaid they may be las', tened to the' ifoot-stool as by chains, 3l' (and when the loot-stool is lowered they may be shoved in holes provided for the purpose). When; the foot-'stool-is in its lowered position, the folding members, 23 and 24, are held in folded position by means such as spring catches, 32, which, however, may be easily disengaged to allow the folding members to l`be released and the V:toot-stool elevfrted. f f

V1Theloot-stool'isprovided with a ootrest, 33,"whi'o'h is att-ached vtofav base member, 34, such vas afiat board. This basev member is hinged-to the inneredge oilthe itop, 20, of the eleva-ting :portion-of the foot-stool in the manner-best vseen in Figure Vhen the lootstool isnotin use and in its lowered position, the ootrestassumes the concealed position shown fin Figure3, having been swung on `/itshinges to this position priory to the lowering of the stool. WVhen the i'ootstool iselevated, the-'footrest'is swung to the eX- po'sed position seen Yin"]i1`i`gure l where it is disposediilor service. In this position the base member covers ahand hole,l 35, which inay'extend through the top, 20, and is for the' -pu'rpose of v*enablingthe loot-stool to 'be conveniently carried around. when in i-ts lowered position. 1

"The construction ofthe tootrest is best shownin Figure 4. It comprises the customary iootform, 36, supported by thel member,'37. The footformv and the'member, 37, are--pivotally'fattached tof-the base, 33, as by thefbolt-SS. The nut of the bolt is concealed .i 1r a Lwell formed in thefootlorm. This bolt may'be'e'ither secured in such manner as to rotate'with the footrest, or the footrest may rotate with respect to the bolt. ln order to provide or'fan easy rotation of the foot'rest, means such as ball bearings,v` 39, may be employed. {These ball bearings arepreferably sunk in 'holes in thewmember 37, and bear against' the heads of screws, 40. The screws serve a dual purpose.` They serve to secure thegfootform tothe member, 37, and they providean adjustment for the lootrest, for,

by varying the positions ol the screws, or by using screws oi' ditl'erent sizes, `d'illerent elel vations-oi' the l'ootrest will result.v The ball bearings rest on a' flat metallic plate, 41, at-

'tached to the base member, 33, which plate apparent.

- The-above` description isto ybelconstruer'i merely'as illustrative and not lin a. limiting sense for numerous variations may beanade in the specilic constructions described withlili cut-departing from the, spirit of the inveni tion or-lthe scope oi'appended claims.

What' IA claim is y l; device-of the classidescribed comprising aframe,"a horizontal member attachedto the top of the frame, and anotherhorizontal member yvertically"movable relative to the frame,saidmember inits lower position being disposediin'thesame planeias'the lir'st horizontalmember and orminga continua-4 tion thereof.

y'2. A'device of the class described compris ing a fra-me., a horizontal member' lattached to the top of the fra-me, and another horizontal member Ihaving collapsible legs adapted to maintainfsaid .member inv an' elevated 'or a lowered position, said member in its lowered i position being disposed inthe same plane as the iirst horizontal member and forming` a continuation thereof.

In testimony whereof,l have 'signed iny name-tov this specificationth'is 26th vday of December, 1926.

FREDERICK H. soHLonrMANN. 

